diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-tags.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-tags.yaml
index 6fadc77c..0f9ecef8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-tags.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-tags.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 on:
   release:
     types: [published]
+permissions:
+  contents: write
 
 jobs:
   github-example-tags: